A free and friendly way to receive donations from fans ❤️☕

Ko-fi.com is the free and friendly way to receive donations from fans who love your work. If you make art, run a blog, write code or simply want to make some money from your side hustle, Ko-fi.com has already helped people just like you receive $2.2m in direct donations. Not into coffee? Not a problem, coffee is just a metaphor for the donation.

Now you can get paid to podcast 🎙️

Starting today, any podcaster, regardless of audience size or experience level, can collect recurring monthly payments directly from their listeners. There’s never been an easier way to start generating revenue from your podcast.

The Verge

Anchor's app makes it really easy to throw together a podcast. But if you keep doing that and manage to build an audience, there hasn't been an easy way to get paid for it. Now Anchor is launching an option: a feature called Listener Support that allows listeners to pledge $1, $5, or $10 per month to specific podcasts.

Macstories

As an app and service, Anchor is a compelling product that I'm personally a big fan of. It's the best way to podcast from an iPad, the most mature and accessible platform for new podcasters, and it includes innovative features like transcribed video generation for sharing clips on social media.

Engadget

Anchor, the audio broadcast-turned-podcasting platform, has launched a new Listener Support feature that lets podcasters collect money from their fans for their efforts. Creators of any size or experience level can add a Listener Support button to their public Anchor profile, which followers can click to make a regular monthly donation of $0.99, $4.99 or $9.…See more

9to5Mac

Anchor is an all-in-one platform that simplifies podcast production and distribution, and its latest new feature wants to help hosts tackle monetization. Podcasts are often funded by sponsorships or listener contributions through separate platforms, but Anchor wants to make direct contributions part of their platform.

VentureBeat

Podcasting platform Anchor has announced its first moves into monetization by allowing listeners to pay their favorite podcasters through a monthly subscription. The news comes six months after Anchor introduced a major overhaul, shifting from a short-form social audio platform to a full-fledged podcasting powerhouse. However, the Anchor reboot notably lacke…See more

TechCrunch

Anchor's been gaining a fair bit of steam lately with its dead simple mobile podcast editing app. The New York startup has also been branching out in some interesting ways, including the recent launch of a Manhattan-based studio designed to give podcasters access to far better equipment than the us...

Patreon for professional authors ✍️

Most of you, I suspect, haven't read a short story in a long time. Well, there's a Y Combinator -backed startup called Curious Fictions looking to change that - and to turn those stories into a regular source of income for their writers. The company was founded by Tanya Breshears, a designer who previously worked for Airbnb.

Monetize films, series and videos through your network

Mowies is the social platform for video content where you can monetize your audiovisual creation and your network. Mowies allows creators to have complete control over their work and gives viewers a chance to be a part of the creation revenue.

Accept Ethereum on your Twitch stream - with alerts

When someone wants to send you Ethereum on Twitch, they go to your unique donation page to pay you directly using Metamask, a browser plugin that connects to the Ethereum blockchain. If you set up StreamLabs alerts, you’ll also get real-time in-stream alerts so you can thank your supporters for their contributions.